Chapter 326

Chapter 326: Sky-High Monster Tribulation

As Li Hui just returned to the Water Moon Palace, he saw three orbs of light hovering in the courtyard.

A voice reached his ears: “Listen well, my disciple. The Dragon Coiling Cloud Pearl can merge with your pearl, expanding your space for twenty-two hours. The Water Moon Mirror Sky is a remnant of a celestial paradise, and your pearl has the potential to become a tiny paradise itself. Nurturing it will greatly benefit you, so go ahead and gather spirit fields and mineral veins! Just make sure the Mirror Lake doesn’t collapse right away.”

“Additionally, I’ve obtained a Dao Xuan Gui Yuan fruit for you, which can enhance your profound qi cultivation. I also have seeds that grow in spring; planting more will increase the yield of your spiritual plants.”

“Improve quickly, and seek means of survival. Previously, the Ghost Fox Sect has investigated the Water Moon Mirror Sky; I’ve already protected you twice. Their background is very deep, and some of their members are even more sinister than Demon Cultivators, so be extremely cautious.” With that, Li Maocai’s closed-door cultivation had evidently reached a critical juncture, allowing him to say no more.

Li Hui felt horrified, “How can this be? What exactly is the Ghost Fox Sect? How could they continuously infiltrate the Haotu Sect?”

Without his Master, he had no answers, but he understood in his heart: “It seems the protection period has ended, and imminent dangers will arise. Otherwise, Master wouldn’t have rushed to procure the Dao Xuan Gui Yuan fruit for me, urging me to hasten the development of the Mysterious Pearl.”

“I can’t wait any longer; even if it requires tremendous effort, I must activate the Seize the Day Talisman.”

Half an hour later, Li Hui prepared himself and entered the richest point of spiritual energy at the bottom of the lake.

Here, hundreds of spiritual plants thrived in a display of beauty, coiling like dragons with twisted branches releasing faint demonic energy. The soil shimmered with varying strengths of light, and he could faintly see spiritual insects writhing.

The Seize the Day Talisman, serving as a Body Talisman, would accompany its master for a lifetime. To create such a defiant talisman, the Ink Demon Yu Zimao had fallen into a deep slumber and showed no signs of awakening to this day.

The biggest downside of this talisman was the immense energy cost; it was manageable while remaining still, but any movement would exponentially increase the consumption, sometimes by dozens of times. To expand the influence, the required spiritual energy wasn’t merely multiplied by dozens but by hundreds.

Fortunately, the Miao Jade veins lay underground; otherwise, Li Hui wouldn’t have been able to manage at all. Even so, when he activated the talisman formation and extracted the spiritual energy with time manipulation, he still felt heart-wrenching pain.

Li Hui embodied the Seize the Day Talisman, allowing him to control it at will.

With careful effort, all the spiritual plants and insects in this area began to attract spiritual energy, swiftly converting it into demonic energy, sharing a breath and fate together.

For these spiritual plants, each day they would bury the corresponding Body Talisman, advancing step by step; nine days would equate to nine months. For the spiritual insects, the Nine Patterns Three Exotics monster-conjuring talisman was much fiercer, and success depended purely on chance.

Had he not been driven to this extent, Li Hui would not have acted so aggressively. Even without the threat from the Ghost Fox Sect, what he had done on the Cheng Tian Peak altar today could easily bring disaster.

An innocent man is punished for holding onto treasures! If Master couldn’t intimidate these people, it would be interesting to see how the elders from various factions would react; they’d certainly tear him to shreds like crocodiles.

He must grow stronger quickly, continuously surpassing external expectations, if he wished to establish himself.

On the second day, Li Hui buried two-pattern Body Talismans for all the spiritual plants, using the scales and bristles from Ao Chonglin and Ao Chongguang, crushing them into small fragments and scattering them with a wave of his hand in all directions.

On the third day, he buried three-pattern Body Talismans, taking a bundle of peach tree branches cut from Yao’er and similarly crushing them into fragments to spread out.

On the fourth day, he buried four-pattern Body Talismans, requesting a dozen condensed demonic energy stones from Guang Jin, smashing them and flinging them about to increase the chances of conjuring demons.

By the fifth day, Li Hui crushed the demon embryo membranes from the little crab Xie Xuan.

Suddenly, demonic energy filled the area, and thousands of extraordinary shadows erupted into joyous celebration, assisted by the talisman formation to absorb the immense demonic energy.

Of course, Li Hui wouldn’t take from a child without giving something in return. He gifted the golden scissors forged from the Dragon Cutting Stone to the little crab, causing Xie Xuan to leap with joy and quickly hide the scissors away, clearly enamored.

By the seventh day, Li Hui took out half a piece of a rare stone at the edge of the wild.

Though it was only half, it was a wondrous item for nurturing demons. Even being incomplete, it cost him three hundred thousand points to obtain; if the item had been whole, he wouldn’t even stand a chance.

The elders of the Haotu Sect would never have dreamt that such a Body Talisman existed in this world; this was the legacy of the Jade Symbol Sect. It was nearly impossible to prepare a complete set of Body Talismans. Without the silver snake bracelet being similarly extraordinary, creating eight-pattern and nine-pattern talismans would be extremely difficult!

Breaking the half piece of the rare stone, the entire garden of spiritual plants shimmered with light; countless extraordinary items emerged, blending exquisite essences, all exuding meanings that were profoundly mysterious, as though stepping onto the broad road of life.

Li Hui had consumed the Dao Xuan Gui Yuan fruit and diligently practiced day after day, finally channeling its vast medicinal power. His insides erupted with booming sounds akin to a river rushing endlessly, rapidly propelling his cultivation growth, and a milky-white pillar of energy erupted above his head, also booming as it shot upward to over nine zhang.

“Remarkable! Just this one fruit is worth over forty years of hard training; I’m not far from achieving small success in profound qi. If only the treasure cabinet had helped me accumulate enough potential, I could immediately advance to mid-Gather Spirit.”

In reality, Li Hui’s advancement speed was already quite fast.

How long had he been in? He had consecutively crossed barriers from the initial to mid-Gather Spirit, yet managed to find Qian Yuan Black Gold to enhance his Ideal Body, which had extremely high physical demands. Even someone with exceptional talent wouldn’t achieve this without five or six years of hard work.

Finally, the ninth day arrived, a day of great importance.

Li Hui flicked his hand, sending forth tens of thousands of two-pattern and three-pattern Body Talismans, which he had crafted during his leisure. Even with mid-Gather Spirit cultivation, the success rate for creating talismans would be remarkably low without the enhancement from the silver snake bracelet.

At this critical moment, he had to be willing to invest; just summoning one tree demon or flower demon would cover the costs. Establishing a vast spirit herb garden would be entirely different without demon plants handling it. Besides, these tree demons contributed to combat power.

“Crack, crack, crack…” Lightning wove across the Mirror Lake, as flames occasionally fell from the sky. Had it not been for the incredibly strong defenses of the Water Moon Mirror Sky, the lake would have boiled.

This was just the beginning; as monsters were born, the Mirror Lake faction became the center of attention once more. Fierce thunder, fierce winds, lightning, and heavenly fire—regardless of whether it was yin thunder or yang thunder, or yin fire or yang fire—the tribulations were dense and terrifying.

Many elders gazed at the Mirror Lake, murmuring, “I said it! Li Maocai couldn’t possibly face tribulation without a sound; the tribulations have come, and he hasn’t escaped this trial after all.”

The sect had its own experts skilled in innate techniques, and under their scrutiny, all predictive calculators shattered, startling them to their feet: “Wait! Why is there such a monstrous tribulation? The backlash power is completely different from a cultivator’s advancement; what exactly is the Mirror Lake faction doing?”

Whatever they were doing, at this moment, the sky filled with tribulations surged, forming a realm of calamity centered around the Mirror Lake, something the outside world couldn’t carelessly scrutinize.

Li Hui took a deep breath; this was so extraordinary—this tribulation would be severe, and it was time to stake everything. Without anyone to protect him, this demon would be impossible to overcome!!!